Yod Coalescence

Yod Coalescence

See also: yod-coalescence, yod coalescence, and Yod coalescence

English

Noun

Yod Coalescence (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of yod coalescence
   • 1982, J. C. Wells, Accents of English 2: The British Isles, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 331:

     Awareness of the fact that Yod Coalescence is somewhat stigmatized leads to hypercorrection in would-be elegant speech, with the use of [tj, dj] in place of [tʃ, dʒ] in words such as chew, June.

   • 2003, Ulrike Altendorf, Estuary English, Gunter Narr Verlag, →ISBN, page 68:

     In this investigation, the linguistic context is restricted to /j/ after /t, d/ in stressed syllables within a word (e.g. tune, duke). This is the environment in which Yod Coalescence is not (yet) fully acceptable within RP.

   • 2011, Dania Jovanna Bonness, Estuary English in Norfampton?, master's thesis, University of Bergen, page 12:

     EE speakers typically use Yod Coalescence in stressed syllables as in Tuesday [ˈtʃuːzdeɪ] or duke [ˈdʒuːk].